Rares should be different than Commons?
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Rares should be different than Commons?
These are just a few options off the top of my head. Feel free to throw out any added ideas. (That is what option J is about)
For the Record My Vote is choice E.
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Fully agreed. Blizzard's been plenty nice to us about giving us a huge amount of pets and skins. Not every rare needs to be a "special snowflake."Rhyela wrote:I voted I.-None of the above. There is a mix of both unique rares (i.e. spirit beasts, OCJ, etc.) and non-unique (Humar, Grunter, etc.) rares. There's something for everyone, so it's fine just like it is.
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Maybe have the black devilsaur in Netherstorm green, or make some of the dead eagles in Icecrown spectral owls, so trying to get a particular skin won't cause you to drown in camping/griefing blues.
The ONLY exception I'd have are spirit beasts; no common mobs sharing a skin with Skoll, for instance.
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I agree, I have both unique rares and non-unique rares (Like Snarler).TygerDarkstorm wrote:Fully agreed. Blizzard's been plenty nice to us about giving us a huge amount of pets and skins. Not every rare needs to be a "special snowflake."Rhyela wrote:I voted I.-None of the above. There is a mix of both unique rares (i.e. spirit beasts, OCJ, etc.) and non-unique (Humar, Grunter, etc.) rares. There's something for everyone, so it's fine just like it is.
I love them to bits, I feel satisfaction knowing they are harder to come by, common skin or not. I don't brag, except with my closest friend..but we pick on each other all the time. It's more of a personal accomplishment.
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In agreement with you as well, Rhyela.Rhyela wrote:I voted I.-None of the above. There is a mix of both unique rares (i.e. spirit beasts, OCJ, etc.) and non-unique (Humar, Grunter, etc.) rares. There's something for everyone, so it's fine just like it is.
There are unique rares for those that want them, but plenty of non-unique rares have a charm and identity of their own even without having a model that's distinguishable from a common mob. It doesn't matter to me what other people see of my pets. Going for a rare over a common mob, if they share the same skin, does not constitute as any sort of bragging rights for me. Most old world rares are up so often that it's not a challenge in the first place. For me, that completely nullifies the aspect of wanting others to appreciate your tame just because it's a rare. The reason I will go for a rare is because they are an individual, not just another face in a crowd of identical mobs.
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I dunno, i really like the treat of having a extordinary pet (even though it may be an abused skin at higher lvls) to run around with and pretend that i am super extra awesome cause i got this crazy looking pet and everyones using a all-too-common skin to lvl up with ^^ Best pet EVA imho is the Ghost Saber. Like c'mon, its a GHOST and you dont need to use the pet abandon macro, its 100% blizzard approved and its A FREAKING GHOST looools... I swear, that cat and my Orange&Purple Owl have been my longest lasting companions ever even though none are even rare to begin with
Edit: I really like G. C & D though lol, i wouldnt mind them retaining the rare dragon portrait nor them being a little bigger :3
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Why is it not enough to know for yourself that you made a difficult tame, or camped a special rare? Why does everyone else need to know about it as well?
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So long as YOU like your pets, that's all that matters.
One of my newest faves is the felboar skin. It looks so amazing. ^_^
I also agree with you Mozag on disliking taming a pet just to idle somewhere and "show it off." I'm not going to say I haven't done it, but a lot of it also has to do with me admiring the pet because I'm still excited from the tame. Many of my pets get stabled not long after I'm done being fascinated that I've tamed it. XD
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The only time I will tame a rare will be one of two reasons:
• a) The model that I like is only available on one mob, and that mob is a rare.
• b) I decide to tame a certain model of pet, and if that model comes on a rare I may go for that one specifically since it feels like more of an identity tame. Nothing to do with bragging rights over the rare, but I feel like I can bond more when I have a single beast to aim for. It doesn't even have to be a rare pet, I will do the same with named mobs as well (Tyrantus, Count Ungula, etc). They are not rares, but they have their own existence that separates them from a cluster of mobs who would share the same model.
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Spirit reptile...*dreams*Vephriel wrote: The only time I will tame a rare will be one of two reasons:
• a) The model that I like is only available on one mob, and that mob is a rare.
• b) I decide to tame a certain model of pet, and if that model comes on a rare I may go for that one specifically since it feels like more of an identity tame. Nothing to do with bragging rights over the rare, but I feel like I can bond more when I have a single beast to aim for. It doesn't even have to be a rare pet, I will do the same with named mobs as well (Tyrantus, Count Ungula, etc). They are not rares, but they have their own existence that separates them from a cluster of mobs who would share the same model.
Oh I'm not against taming rares! I have some myself, and intend to get more on my other hunters. What's more, I like that named mobs exist, exactly because of your reason B. I know that to some the named, or rare mob has more personality, and I completely understand, even though for me the normal skin is the same as the rare, maybe because I tend to have a rough idea of a personality sketched for the animal long before I tame it. And it's always the pets that either completely shatter my plans by being entirely different, or then the ones that are exactly as I dreamed, that make the cut and become my most beloved companions.
There's one more reason I see for taming rares, and it's my most common reason for owning them:
Many old world rares seem to sport a skin I like that I would otherwise have to wait many more levels to get. I'm an impatient person, so I'd rather camp the rare and get it at 17, instead of getting another 40 levels and then taming the normal version.
I simply don't like the "special snowflakes" thing. Why should your rare tame stand out from the normal skins? I also often wonder how many people would dump their King Krushes and Skolls if the skins were implemented on some random, normal mobs.
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*nod* That's pretty much the only outlook that I don't care for. Once again, everyone's free to see their pets as they wish to, but I'll freely admit that the idea of taming a pet solely to show it off and being upset/abandoning the pet if it turns up on a common mob makes me sad.Mozag wrote:I simply don't like the "special snowflakes" thing. Why should your rare tame stand out from the normal skins? I also often wonder how many people would dump their King Krushes and Skolls if the skins were implemented on some random, normal mobs.